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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Penn and Teller eh. My dad loves that show. I like it somewhat too magic fascinates me .</div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, June 12, 2021, 04:39:15 PM EDT, Al Muir via illuminar-rpg <illuminar-rpg@startrekfreedom.com> wrote:
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mission:
Death in the Shadows</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Stardate:2446.02.07</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">(Regulus-
Federation Base Ceti - Science Office - Science Officers - Dr. Gaullus Penn and Dr. Teller - 1700)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Gills
Penn sat at the table looking carefully at the reaction that was happening in the transparent box in front of him. He really wanted to finish this experiment before he had to leave Regulus. The conditions would not get any better, and timing was perfect.
Well, with the exception of the fact that the CO of the Illuminar would be expecting them very soon. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Slowly,
he titrated the clear liquid, into the flask that contained a bright purple liquid, and observed. At first noting that nothing was happening. He started the timer. After 7 seconds the liquid began to foam. Then with a minor explosion the liquid coated
the container completely.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Yes!”
he exclaimed and looked over at his Tamarian partner, Dr. Teller. “I believe it worked. Thor, when the hammer fell.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Teller,
the </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tamarian
scientist</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,
looked at the data coming in from the sensors. “Sokath, his eyes uncovered.” He handed the PADD to his partner, the data flowing accumulating and the theoretical graph overlaid with the results from the experiment. The correlation was spectacular, fitting
the exponential decay with a calculated r2 of 0.957.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Hannibal,
smoking a cigar, “ he said to his colleague.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Penn
smiled, although it was often difficult to tell with a Benzite, if they were happy or otherwise. “Indeed. The Professor, with a coconut.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He
reached over for the phaser which was out of his reach. “Tiemba, his arms are open,” he said looking at the Tamarian. A toe in the water to see if it’s cold.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Teller
gingerly grabbed the phaser, handing it to his partner. “Bolt on a treadmill. McGuyver with a knife. Newton under the apple tree.” </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He
accepted the offered phaser and pointed it at the container. Adjusting the power setting to full he activated the energy pulse. The container glowed and disappeared, but the purple substance remained unharmed. He nodded with satisfaction. He looked at
the new reading on the PADD and handed it back to Teller.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Jessica
with Roger,” he said excitedly.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The
mixture of references came from the amount of time the two had spent together watching what Penn had called educational and linguistic material on their video monitor. After a while they had almost come up with their own version of the Tamarian language that
they both clearly understood. It came in handy for Teller to explain what they were doing with other Tamarians, and Penn could explain it to everyone else.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Teller
was grinning from ear to ear as he reviewed his data. He started transferring the data to a secondary modeling program he had written, modeling the data. The three dimensions of the compound came on the screen, rotating around. The phaser power dissipated.
While the compound absorbed about 50% of the dose, the rest was reflected away with a far red shift in the spectrum, decreasing the energy of the photons to a level that would be harmless. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He
handed the PADD back, “Hawkings measuring the singularity.” </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Suddenly
a timer began to chime on the PADD. Penn knew his own propensity to forget about anything else when working so he had gotten into the habit of setting a timer for anything important, like meal times, meetings, and the fact that they were supposed to contact
the USS Illuminar </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He
sighed heavily, his excitement over the successful experiment dissipating. He looked over at Teller. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Darmok
and Jalad on the ocean,” he said. “Long when the ship leaves?” </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Penn
nodded, “Ahab looking for the whale.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">With
that he moved over to the comm monitor and hit the call button. “Dr. Gaillus Penn to the Illuminar, for one Captain Sekal.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">=^=
Captain a transmission for you. =^=</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"Put
it through. Sekal here." He had just completed a series of strength training exercises and it was time for a cool down. He had also been expecting a transmission. After he had finished with assignments and dinner he would have approximately three and one half
hours before the senior officers briefing.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The
image of Captain Sekal came on the monitor. The Benzite bowed his head to the Vulcan. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Captain
Sekal, I am Dr. Gaillus Penn, and this is my… associate Dr. Teller. We have received orders to present ourselves to you for assignment. I’m certain that Teller and I can be of enormous assistance to you and your crew. Don’t you agree Teller?”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The
Tamarian scientist nodded, “The professor. With a coconut,” he replied. “McGuyver with a knife. Beckett leaping across time.” </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Exactly,”
Penn said, looking at the captain. Then he looked at Teller. “Newton under the apple tree. Peter Parker in Queens.” He turned back to Sekal, “Do you not agree Captain?”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sekal
cocked an eyebrow at both. "Very well. Send your coordinates to my transporter officer… Picard and Dathon at El Adrel."</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">He
then activated his combadge. "Transporter Room, two to beam up. Coordinates incoming." </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">=^=Roger
that.=^=</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Penn
turned to Teller and smiled, “Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.”</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">(posted
by Al, Tim and Charles)</span></p>
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